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Teaching in Higher Education, Sep 1, 2022
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Journal of Education
Change laboratories (CLs) are formative problem-solving initiatives that have been used extensive... more Change laboratories (CLs) are formative problem-solving initiatives that have been used extensively in Europe but have only recently been applied in African contexts. This review thus offers an original insight into their use and value in African contexts. The laboratories are classified into partial, classic, or augmented varieties-all of which are shown to assist participants learning to work with pressing local problems. Some CLs have expanded their remit to addressing grand societal challenges, such as sustainable practices and responses to climate change, which are particularly pressing issues on the continent. Our findings suggest that CL work in Africa, besides contributing overall to understanding the efficacy of the CL methodology, may also be taking a leading role in addressing some of the grand challenges affecting societies, globally.
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Reading & writing, May 31, 2023
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Routledge eBooks, Dec 18, 2019
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Critical studies in teaching and learning, 2023
The roots of universities of technology can be traced back to technical colleges, which required ... more The roots of universities of technology can be traced back to technical colleges, which required compliance with industry standards, and the rule of labour markets. Universities of technology thus entered the university space, largely without an established critical tradition in teaching, learning, and research. This is the issue that we address in this paper, which is intended to inform potential authors in technical, vocational, and professional higher education who would like to publish their educational research studies in Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning (CriSTaL). The issue is important as universities of technology in South Africa are increasingly taking on the mantle of professional education, particularly in the fields of health, engineering, and applied sciences. In this paper, we discuss examples of published educational research that critique some of the ‘taken-for-granted’ ideas that have shaped the practices and aspirations of universities of technologies. The examples show that by judiciously drawing on traditions of critical reflective practice, and by bringing new ideas, concepts, and theories into educational research studies, further critical concepts can evolve. These new critical concepts will be of interest to the readers (and reviewers) of CRiSTaL, but more importantly could inspire universities of technology to reaffirm their connection to practice and begin to create a critical space for their own scholarly – and critical – identities.
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DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals), Oct 1, 2019
Universities of Technology in South Africa emerged relatively recently from technical college-lik... more Universities of Technology in South Africa emerged relatively recently from technical college-like institutions, known as Technikons. Technikons had a distinct workplace-oriented identity, while Universities of Technology lack such clarity of identity. This paper thus explores the vexing question of what constitutes the identity of Universities of Technology. In conducting the exploration, the researchers drew on Activity Theory to structure the exchange of ideas and narratives about what a future University of Technology might be. In so doing, the researchers discovered fundamental contradictions between current practices and the desirable vision. The most significant contradictions were, firstly, between the rigid, rule-bound culture and the projected need for greater organisational flexibility, and secondly between the current, highly-boundaried university to one that should embrace intra- and inter-organisational collective action. The researchers conclude that the resolution of these contradictions could chart the way forward for reimagining the identity of a University of Technology.
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Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA) International Conference: Mobility, Language, Literacy
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… in Education: Higher …, 2006
Abstract: Extracted from text ... Perspectives in Education, Volume 24(3), September 2006 vii Edi... more Abstract: Extracted from text ... Perspectives in Education, Volume 24(3), September 2006 vii Editorial Higher education and work CHRIS WINBERG, PENELOPE ENGEL-HILLS, JAMES GARRAWAY, CECILIA JACOBS AND TERRY VOLBRECHT Higher education ...
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Routledge eBooks, Jun 16, 2022
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Journal for Language Teaching, 2014
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Journal of Education, 2021
There is a growing number of studies in the field of vocational education and training, but not m... more There is a growing number of studies in the field of vocational education and training, but not many focus on the practical subjects that prepare students for transition to workplaces. This critical review of the literature on practical subjects in vocational colleges set out to contribute to debates on the relationship between theory and practice in vocational education through a particular focus on the knowledge forms that are evident in curricular and pedagogical practices in practical subjects. The critical review identified the conceptual, procedural, technical, and contextual forms of knowledge in practical tasks and activities. Based on these findings and drawing on the concept of semantic gravity in Legitimation Code Theory, we found stronger and weaker forms of semantic gravity in practical knowledge and propose that strengthening and weakening semantic gravity through the purposeful selection and sequencing of tasks and activities enables cumulative knowledge building towa...
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the South African government's response of a lockdown required the ... more The COVID-19 pandemic and the South African government's response of a lockdown required the cessation of all clinical training Virtual environments offered alternative methods of teaching and learning clinical skills in an attempt to mitigate the cancellation of first year students' clinical visits The research question of how a simulated workplace environment could replace first year students' workplace visits was addressed A case study at a University of Technology focusing on a radiation therapy program provided an opportunity for academic and clinical lecturers and first year students to consider the qualities of the Virtual Environment for Radiotherapy Training Findings indicated that the environment could be incorporated into emergency remote teaching to enhance student learning as it provided an engaging, safe, and effective space in which to learn clinical skills These findings have implications for the design of responsive curricula for the changing higher educ...
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